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British Caricature Prints, 1790-1830

The Age of Satire

The Antique Print Department is proud to present an exhibition of original prints from the golden age of British satire. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, illustrators such as Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray, and George Cruikshank made British caricature a vital popular art form. Through their colorful renderings of humorously exaggerated people in absurd scenarios, these artists offered ridicule and criticism of prevailing political, social, and religious positions of the day to their educated, affluent audiences. Today, the influence of these masters of mockery may be read in contemporary editorial cartoons, as well as in the topical parody produced for television and other media.

• Cultural and Political Satire links: Honoré Daumier, William Hogarth, Thomas Rowlandson

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  William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
  Don’t You Remember the 5th of November
  hand-colored etching. Published by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
  9-5/8 x 13-1/2 inches.
  16866
  $450
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  William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
  Receiving Absolution for Past Heresies
  hand-colored etching, 1829. Publsihed by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left. Spot of foxing in image center.
  9-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches.
  16870
  $450
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  William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
  The Noblest Roman of them All
  hand-colored etching. Publsihed by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
  13-5/8 x 9-1/4 inches.
  16868
  $350
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  William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
  Dusty Bob - The Parish Dustman
  Series: Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry, Esquire (Pseudonym for William Heath). hand-colored etching, 1829. Published by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
  14 x 9-1/2 inches.
  27897
  $450
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  William Heath (English, 1795-1840)
  Master Fang, the Parish Beadle
  Series: Parish Characters in Ten Plates by Paul Pry, Esquire (Pseudonym for William Heath). hand-colored etching, 1829. Published by T. McLean, London. Heath’s “Paul Pry” monogram in image, lower left.
  14 x 9-1/2 inches.
  27898
  $450
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  Isaac Cruikshank (Scottish, 1756-1811) after George M. Woodward (1760-1809)
  A Recruiting Party
  Handcolored etching, 1797. Published by Allen & West, London.
  9 x 7 inches.
  16952
  $170
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  Isaac Cruikshank (Scottish, 1756-1811) after George M. Woodward (1760-1809)
  Subterraneous Guides
  Handcolored etching, 1797. Published by Allen & West, London.
  9 x 7 inches.
  16953
  $170
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  George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878)
  Protestant John “Rowst”
  Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Minor soiling in image.
  10 x 13-1/4 inches.
  16956
  $400
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  James Gillray (English, 1757-1815)
  Waltzer au Mouchoir
  Handcolored etching, 1800. Published by John Miller, London.
  8-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
  16864
  $575
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  Theodore Lane (English, fl. 1800-1828)
  The Whole Truth, or John Bull With His Eyes Opened...
  Handcolored etching, 1821. Published by G. Humphrey, London.
  9 x 7-1/8 inches.
  16958
  $450
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  J. L. Marks (English, fl. c.1800-1830)
  BENNET the BRAVE (Alias Absolute Courage) Taking the BULL by the Horns
  Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Sir F. Burdett is depicted chasing a bull in the Newgate Prison as it tramples Henry Gray Bennet and kicks Matthew Wood in the mouth.
  7-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches.
  16961
  $175
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  The Frightened Slave, the Harem Dames...
  Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Light soiling in margins.
  4-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches.
  15627
  $100
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  Charles Williams (English, fl. 1791-1830)
  Doctory Prosody Arrives in the Vicinity of Edinburgh
  Handcolored etching and aquatint. Published by M. Iley, London.
  4-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches.
  15640
  $100
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  Charles Williams (English, fl. 1791-1830)
  Doctory Prosody Doing Penance on Drunken Island, Lock Lommond
  Handcolored etching and aquatint. Drawn and engraved by Willaims. Published by M. Iley, London.
  4-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches.
  15644
  $100
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  George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878) and Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856)
  Jerry “beat to a stand still”! Dr. Please’em’s Prescription. Tom and Logic’s condolences and the “Slaveys” on the alert.
  Handcolored etching, c. 1820. Light soiling in margin.
  4-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches.
  15582
  $85
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  Thomas Rowlandson
  Death of Punch
  For The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of a Wife, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1821. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s. Repository of Arts, London.
  4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
  14760
  $100
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  Thomas Rowlandson
  Doctor Syntax in a Court of Justice
  For The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1820. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
  4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
  14769
  $100
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  Thomas Rowlandson
  Tis Not the Time to Meet One’s Fate, Just Ent’ring on a Large Estate
  For The English Dance of Death, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1816. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
  4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
  15678
  $100
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  Thomas Rowlandson
  Dr. Syntax and the Bees
  For one of the three Tours of Dr. Syntax, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1812-22. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
  SIZE inches.
  14734
  $100